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10/25/2016 2016-10-30 Flashback: Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, 1980 all-stars at Joe Louis Flashback: Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, 1980 all-stars at Joe Louis The game always will be remembered for the thunderous standing ovation fans showered upon Howe Post to Facebook Flashback: Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, 1980 all-stars at Joe Louis The game always will be remembered for the thunderous standing ovation fans showered upon Howe Check out this story on Freep.com: CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Flashback: Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky, 1980 all-stars at Joe Louis Bill Dow, Special to the Free Press Published 11:24 a.m. ET June 10, 2016 | Updated 12:25 p.m.

ET June 10, 2016 A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings 1969-1970. Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe holding a standard NHL contract. Detroit Free Press Fallen hero Gordie Howe hurt and bleeding, struggles back to his feet after being injured in the first period . Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Dick Tripp/Detroit Free Press Gordie Howe as he converts a sole dash into a second-period Detroit goal. Detroit Free Press file photo Detroit Red Wings hockey players for the 1969-1970 season, from left: Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio and Frank Mahovlich. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Detroit Free Press file photo Fullscreen He's known simply as "Mr. Hockey," and the great Gordie Howe played the game longer than anyone else, covering 25 seasons and 1,687 games with the Detroit Red Wings, plus one season and 80 games with the Hartford Whalers.

With 1,850 career points, Howe is the second highest scorer of all time, trailing only Wayne Gretzky. Detroit Free Press file photo Fullscreen Two of professional sport's finest performers got together in Detroit today to compare notes and footwear. At left is England's Stanley Mathews, one of the outstanding soccer players in the world. His companion is the Red Wing's hockey great, Gordie Howe. Detroit Free Press Ted Lindsay (left) and Gordie Howe in the early 1950's when, with Sid Abel, they were known as the Detroit Red Wings' "Production Line." AP Gordie Howe -- Detroit Red Wings. Jimmy TaFoya/Detroit Free Press Gordie Howe, left, presents John Ogrodnick with a trophy for leading the Detroit Red Wings in plus-minus statistics last season. Mary Schroeder/Detroit Free Press Team Canada's Gordie Howe skates on to the ice in Goteborg, Sweden under a spotlight as he was introduced as "the living legend of hockey" Sunday. Canada beat Sweden 4-3.

Doug Ball /Canadian Press Wirephoto Two of Detroit's all-time sports favorites, Al Kaline (left) and Gordie Howe, pause in the shade of a big tree at Plum Hollow Golf Club. Alan Kamuda/Detroit Free Press Busman's Holiday. Colleen and Gordie Howe. That's what happened to Gordie Howe when he took time out from his Red Wing duties to escort his wife to the new Gordie Howe's Hockeyland. The new rink opened last week. Detroit Free Press file photo Sid Able, Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe enter Joe Louis Arena. Tony Spina/Detroit Free Press This year's poster child, Carmen Donessa, with Gordie Howe in Detroit. She came off as a superstar. John Collier/Detroit Free Press Fullscreen Although the race is far from over, the Red Wings, leaders in the NHL posed for the official team picture. The squad includes Terry Sawchuck, Red Kelly, manager Jack Adams, captain Sid Abel, coach Tommy Ivan, Leo Reise, Ted Lindsay, Spare Goalie Tibbet.

(Back Row) assistant trainer Lefty Wison, Mary Pavelich, Glen Skov, Tony Leswick, Vic Stasluck, Alez Delvecchio, Benny Woit, Gordie Howe, Marcel Provost, Enio Sciisizzi, Bob Goldham, Metro Prystai and trainer Carl Mattson. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Detroit Free Press file photo Jack Adams, general manager of the Red Wings, takes time out with Len Lunde and Gordie Howe. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings Detroit Free Press file photo Marcel Pronovost, Bill Gadsby and Gordie Howe with a total of 15 years in the National Hockey League. Howe and Gadsby are starting their 17th season in the NHL. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Detroit Free Press file photo Mark and Marty Howe, sons of Detroit Red Wings player Gordie Howe, spend a few moments discussing fishing tackle with their father. AP Detroit Red Wings ace Gordie Howe makes move from the rink to the links.

Detroit Free Press file photo Fullscreen The production Line was reassembled on the eve of the Red Wing's National Hockey League opener. Only one of the trio still is playing - Gordie Howe. Ted Lindsay (right), now a telecaster, went up to Olympia to get a line on the Wings from Howe and general manager Sid Abel. Dick Tripp/Detroit Free Press Fullscreen Two hockey greats, Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky, had a chance to talk before Monday's Oilers vs. Wings game at Louis Arena. Howe, spokesman for Emery Worldwide Inc., was in town to give John Ogrodnick the Emery Edge award for being the top plus-minus player on Wings last session. He finished plus-11. Detroit Free Press file photo Duffy Dougherty and Gordie Howe. Tom Venaleck/Detriot Free Press Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. AP Photo Fullscreen Older players usually lose weight during the season, but the young Wings often find that they need extra exercise, like the trianing bicycle, to keep them down to playing poundage.

Gordie Howe now packs 187 pounds into his 5-foot, 11-inch frame, but Adams believes he'll hit over 200 when he's at his peak. His unusually well-developed shoulder and arm muscles give him wrist power in shooting. Detroit Free Press file photo From left, Alex Delvecchio, Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe - Detroit Red Wings. Detroit Free Press file photo Fullscreen Detroit's Gordie Howe (left) and Larry Jeffrey start to shed their hockey gear after an overtime period in Toronto tonight. Jeffrey scored on a pass by Howe to give wings a 4-3 win over Toronto Maple Leafs tying their best-of-seven Stanley Cup series at 1-1 in games. AP Fullscreen Swinging a different sort of club, Red Wings hockey star Gordie Howe tees off in a pro-amateur-celebrity golf tournament at Toronoto. Howe who also swings a hefty baseball bat, is just about as good on the links as he is on the ice with his hockey stick.

Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe, Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Detroit Free Press file photo Veteran Gordie Howe of the Detroit Wings breaks up a scoring play by Real Lemieux of the New York Rangers during the second period of the National Hockey League game at New York's Madison Square Garden. AP Gordie Howe and his son Mark. Ira Rosenberg/Detroit Free Press Rick MacLeish, the newest Red Wing, talks to Gordie Howe before the first game he suited up for. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe, Canadian professional ice hockey player of the Detroit Red Wings with sons Marty and Mark. Jimmy TaFoya/Detroit Free Press Local celebrities gather at dinner for Gordie Howe. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe still setting those marks. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe scores 700 goal. AP Fullscreen As many as 21,000 Detroit Red Wings fans are expected to jam Joe Louis Arena Saturday night. Veteran Gordie Howe, 51, returns to Detroit ice, where he scored 786 goals in 24 years with the Wings. Howe was practicing for that game Friday with his current club, the Hartford Whalers.

AP Hall of Famer Gordie Howe signs an autograph while grandchild Jade Roskam, 5, sits on his knee. The session in Pontiac benefited the fight against cystic fibrosis. Mary Schroeder/Detroit Free Press Fullscreen Red Wings hockey great Gordie Howe leans against a mailbox with fatherly patience as he waits for the rest of his family to catch up at the 13-mile mark of Sunday's 17-mile walkathon to raise money for the March of Dimes. Howe is campaign chairman of the event which raised $30,000. AP Gordie Howe is approaching his 50th birthday and still scoring goals. "I'll retire like everyone else" he says, "When I turn 55." Detroit Free Press file photo Fullscreen West All-Stars Bobby Hull, right, and Gordie Howe look over to referee after the ref ruled against what Hull and Howe thought to be goal in WHA All-Stars action at St. Paul, Minn. on March 1, 1973. Thursday night as East All-Star goalie Gerry Chevere of Cleveland and Quebec's J.C. Tremblay and Toronto's Wayne Carleton (9) asses the situation.

Associated Press Houston Aeros Gordie Howe (9) passes past Minnesota Fighting Saints Rob Walton during one of two assists during the second period of Monday night's WHA game at Detroit's Cobo Hall. AP Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull (right) were among NHL greats honored Monday night at a dinner at the Renaissance Center. Joe Poumen/UPI Photo Fullscreen Gordie Howe of the Houston Aeroes, right, comes in to head Tom Earl of New England Whalers off from the puck during the first period of the Aeros-Whalers World Hockey Association playoff game in Hartford Tuesday night. The Aeros and Whalers are playing a best-of-seven series to determine the winner of the U.S. division of the WHA. The winner will meet the Winnipeg Jets of Canada for the league championship. AP Fullscreen Former Detroit Red Wings great Gordie Howe autographs the shirt of Ben Lorey, 9, of Ann Arbor, Mich. at a Dearborn, Mich. Appliance store on Wednesday. Howe's 60th birthday is on Thursday. Howe and his wife, Colleen live in Hartford, Conn., where he is finishing a front-office contract with the Whalers.

Craig Porter/Detroit Free Press Gordie Howe at Joe Louis in the penalty box the last time Edmonton played Detroit in the 83-84 season. Detroit Free Press file photo Professional hockey player and coach Gordie Howe giving hockey lessons to kids at a Canadian hockey camp. William Archie/Detroit Free Press Fullscreen Gordon "Gordie" Howe, is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Howe is often referred to as "Mr. Hockey," and is generally regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Detroit Free Press file photo Gordie Howe said the time has come for the Houston Aeros' owners to put their promises in writing. Hugh Grannum/Detroit Free Press The University of Detroit President's Cabinet at Cobo Hall on Saturday night from left to right are Henry Ford II, Gordie Howe, Detroit heart surgeon Adrian Kantrowitz and media critic Marshall McLuan.

Free Press Hockey legend Gordie Howe, right, waits along with his son and NHL Heroes teammate Mark Howe at the Heroes of Hockey game in Tampa, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999. Another son, Marty Howe, also played in the game. Steven Senne/Associated Press Fullscreen Torchbearer and Hall of Fame hockey great Gordie Howe carries the Olympic flame in LaSalle, Ontario, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010. Dave Chidley/AP Fullscreen Former Detroit Red Wing great Gordie Howe sat down in the Royal Oak office of his good friend Felix Gatt to talk with the Free Press about turning 80-years-old and his Hall of Fame career in the NHL Feb. 25, 2008. KIRTHMON F.

DOZIER Detroit Free Press Fullscreen Former Detroit Red Wing great Gordie Howe sat down in the Royal Oak office of his good friend Felix Gatt to talk with the Free Press about turning 80-years-old and his Hall of Fame career in the NHL Feb. 25, 2008. Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press Former Wings star Gordie Howe in his office at Easy Street in Commerce Twp. Susan Tusa/Detroit Free Press Hockey great Gordie Howe and his wife Colleen where photographed during a break at a clinic he was giving in New Jersey in 1992. J. Kyle Keener/Detroit Free Press Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay drop the first pucks before the start of game one of the Stanley Cup Finals between Detroit and Pittsburgh Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Joe Louis Arena. Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press Gordie Howe, left and Ted Lindsay, present the Stanley Cup to Steve Yzerman during the pregame ceremony. Julian H.

Gonzalez Fullscreen Gordie Howe, from left, Mike Ilitch and Marian Ilitch look on as the Red Wings unveil a bronze and glass Gordie Howe statue inside the Gordie Howe Entrance of Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday, April 10, 2007. The status was created by artist Omri Amrany of Illinois. Romain Blanquart/Detroit Free Press Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Troy. Salwan Georges, DFP Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Troy. Salwan Georges, DFP Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Troy. Salwan Georges, DFP Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Troy.

Salwan Georges, DFP Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Troy. Salwan Georges, DFP Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe places his hand on his face on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Tory, MI. Salwan Georges Detroit Red Wings legend Gordie Howe on Thursday, October 22, 2015, during the Troy Community Coalition Celebrity Night Dinner at San Marino Club in Troy. Salwan Georges, DFP Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries: Replay SPECIAL TO THE DETROIT FREE PRESS--New England Whalers Gordie Howe(9) makes a pass as Minnesota North Stars Gary Sargeant watches in Bloomington, Minn., Oct. 11, 1979. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) NY9 (Photo: JIM MONE, Associated Press) In 1980, Gordie Howe played in his 23rd and final NHL All-Star Game.

At the time, he was a 51-year-old right wing with the Hartford Whalers. During his 26 NHL seasons, Howe played in 23 All-Star Games, missing only once a decade (1947 — his rookie season — 1956 and 1966). The 1980 game was played at the NHL’s newest venue — Joe Louis Arena along the Detroit riverfront. And it featured a rookie who idolized Howe and would threaten to take his title as the greatest player ever. On Feb. 4, 2005, while the NHL was shut down by a labor dispute, the Free Press looked back on the historic 1980 meeting between Howe and Wayne Gretzky. Hockey fans won’t get to see an NHL All-Star Game this season, but 25 years ago they were treated to an unforgettable All-Star moment at newly christened Joe Louis Arena. Returning to the city where he starred for 25 years, 51-year-old Gordie Howe, playing in his final season, faced 19-year-old rookie sensation Wayne Gretzky, selected to his first NHL All-Star Game.

Had the World Hockey Association not folded the previous year, hockey’s two greatest icons would not have played against each other in the midseason showcase. After retiring from the Red Wings in 1971 — followed by two frustrating years as a club executive — Howe starred in the WHA for six years with Houston and Hartford, playing alongside sons Mark and Marty. Gordie Howe dies at 88 Red Wings reminisce about Gordie Howe: 'Kind and funny' Gretzky played for Indianapolis and Edmonton in the WHA in the 1978-79 season. After the league folded, Howe’s Whalers and Gretzky’s Oilers (along with Quebec and Winnipeg) merged into the NHL. On Feb. 5, 1980, a crowd of 21,002 jammed into Joe Louis Arena to watch the Wales Conference play the Campbell Conference in the All-Star Game, setting an all-time attendance record — since broken — for a hockey game. The opposing coaches were Scotty Bowman and Al Arbour.

Although it was the biggest stage the sport’s two greatest players ever shared, the game always will be remembered for the thunderous standing ovation fans showered upon Howe, Gretzky’s childhood idol and one of the Motor City’s most fabled sports legends. For the pregame introduction, public address announcer John Bell wisely introduced Howe last, but not by name. It was hardly necessary. “And from the Hartford Whalers, representing all of hockey, the greatest statesman for five decades, No.9!” Bell announced as the fans quickly rose to their feet. Witnesses said it felt like a 20-minute ovation, but in reality, the crowd stood and cheered for four minutes, chanting, “Gordie! Gordie! Gordie!” until Bell interrupted the roar by introducing national anthem singers Roger Doucet and Roger Whittaker. On the CBC telecast, play-by-play announcer Dan Kelly remarked to color sidekick Dick Irvin: “Well, Mr. Irvin, I’d hate to see what happens if that No.9 for the Wales Conference would score a goal. Do you think we’d finish the game?” Attorney Gary Wilson of Redford was part of the crowd.

“I’ll never forget being a part of that ovation for Gordie because it didn’t feel like it would ever stop,” said Wilson, 51. “I still get chills thinking about it. It was nice seeing Gretzky for the first time, but having Gordie in Detroit again brought back so many great memories for the fans.” Mr. Hockey, who turns 77 in March, still treasures that ovation, one he never expected to be so long and loud. “I had the same feelings for the fans as they had towards me,” Howe said. “I was very emotional, and the fans were getting to me, so I skated over to Lefty Wilson on the bench and asked for help so I would be normal again. Lefty was bilingual — he spoke English and profanity. He said something to me I can’t repeat, and it worked.” Wilson was the Red Wings’ trainer. But the man to whom Howe is eternally grateful is Bowman, who coached the 1980 Wales Conference team. “When Scotty picked me to play, he really stuck his nose out because I later learned there was opposition to me playing,” said Howe, who at the All-Star break had scored 11 goals.

“I have so much respect for that man.” Bowman calls Howe hockey’s greatest player, and Bowman, coaching the Buffalo Sabres at the time, insisted that Howe play in the All-Star Game. “I said if Gordie didn’t play, I wouldn’t coach,” Bowman said. “It was a natural for him to play that game in Detroit. I didn’t care what anybody thought. I knew he could still play, and it turned out perfect.” Every time Howe took a shift, the crowd cheered and chanted his name, hoping to see No.9 turn the red light on again in Detroit. Near the end of the first period, Howe received the puck at point-blank range in front of Campbell Conference goalie Tony Esposito. Howe fired his famed snap shot at Esposito, who stopped the puck as the crowd groaned. The Blackhawks goalie promptly skated off the ice, having been injured by Howe’s vicious shot. “I wanted to shoot it low on his stick side, but I pulled it,” said Howe, seemingly still frustrated. “I was unhappy with my performance because I missed that goal. I was nervous because I didn’t want to make a fool of myself.

Afterwards I wondered what the crowd would have done had I scored.” But before the game ended, Howe’s name was announced again on the loudspeaker, prompting a thunderous roar. Three minutes after Red Wings defenseman Reed Larson gave the Wales Conference a 5-3 lead, and with four minutes left in the game, Howe stole the puck twice before threading the needle on a perfect pass from behind the net. The puck went to Real Cloutier, who fired it past goalie Pete Peeters. Howe’s last assist in All-Star competition capped a wondrous evening for the crowd. Gretzky didn’t figure in the scoring for the Campbell Conference that night, but nearly all, including Howe, knew they were in the presence of a special player. Although Gretzky broke most of Howe’s NHL records and acquired the nickname “The Great One,” Mr. Hockey still holds the records for games played (1,924) and All-Star Game appearances (23). Including the WHA, Howe played in 29 All-Star Games in five decades.

Howe had first played against Gretzky the previous season in the WHA, and later that season he and Gretzky played on the same line with Mark Howe when the WHA All-Stars played the Moscow Dynamo. Gretzky has said that playing on a line with his boyhood idol was one of his greatest thrills in hockey. “You knew right away Wayne was going to be a great player,” Howe said. “He was extremely smart and knew where everyone was on the ice. In the locker room I once parted his hair in the back to see if he had a third eye.” Gretzky peppered Howe with questions before they played the Russians, and Howe was happy to help out in the game. “This one player kept slashing Wayne, so I told Wayne to flush him out on the left side and when he heard me coming get out of the way,” Howe recalled. “He did it, and I walked right over the guy.

When we got to the bench, they were fixing the guy up on the ice, and I said, ‘Oh, God.’ Wayne asked me what was wrong, and I said, ‘He’s getting up.’ We had a great laugh.” Howe finished his remarkable 32-year career that season with 15 goals and played in all 80 games for the Whalers. He was a 52-year-old grandfather when he retired. “I really wanted to play one more year and help out coaching, but the Whaler management didn’t want me to,” Howe said. “Looking back, they were right because I was beginning to lose parts, although at the time they weren’t right in my mind. I still had pride and a love for the game.” On that frigid February night 25 years ago at Joe Louis Arena, the game was still Gordie’s. Remembering Gordie Howe: Mr. Hockey to generations FAME GAME The 1980 NHL All-Star Game at Joe Louis Arena featured 15 future Hall of Fame players — 16 if you count Toronto defenseman Borje Salming, who was selected for the game but didn’t play.

The future Famers: WALES CONFERENCE Marcel Dionne, center, Los Angeles Bob Gainey, left wing, Montreal Gordie Howe, right wing, Hartford Guy Lafleur, left wing, Montreal Gil Perreault, left wing, Buffalo Jean Ratelle, center, Boston Bill Barber, left wing, Philadelphia Mike Bossy, right wing, N.Y. Islanders Phil Esposito, center, N.Y. Rangers Tony Esposito, goalie, Chicago Bernie Federko, center, St. Louis Wayne Gretzky, center, Edmonton Bryan Trottier, center, N.Y. Islanders OTHER ALL-STARS Wales Conference: D Dave Burrows, Toronto; C Real Cloutier, Quebec; G Don Edwards, Buffalo; RW Danny Gare, Buffalo; C Butch Goring, Los Angeles; D Craig Hartsburg, Minnesota; D Reed Larson, Detroit; G Gilles Meloche, Minnesota; LW Mike Murphy, Los Angeles; LW Steve Payne, Minnesota; D Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo; D Ron Stackhouse, Pittsburgh. Campbell Conference: D Norm Barnes, Philadelphia; D Ron Greschner, N.Y.

Rangers; LW Reggie Leach, Philadelphia; D Lars Lindgren, Vancouver; LW Morris Lukowich, Winnipeg; LW Blair MacDonald, Edmonton; RW Rick MacLeish, Philadelphia; D Mike McEwen, Colorado; C Kent Nilsson, Atlanta; G Pete Peeters, Philadelphia; D Robert Picard, Washington; C Brian Propp, Philadelphia; D Jimmy Watson, Philadelphia. New home for Red Wings planned for 2017 | NHL.com New home for Red Wings planned for 2017 NHL.com @NHL Olympia Development of Michigan announced plans Sunday for a sports and entertainment district that will feature a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings . It will transform dozens of underutilized blocks between downtown and midtown Detroit. The district will encompass dozens of blocks along and near Woodward Avenue. Development will be integrated with existing sports and entertainment venues in or adjacent to the space, including the Fox Theatre, Comerica Park, MotorCity Casino Hotel, Ford Field, the Detroit Opera House and the Fillmore Detroit. The Red Wings have been playing their home games at Joe Louis Arena since 1979. "It's always been my dream to see a vibrant and energized downtown Detroit," Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch said.

"I want people to look at Detroit's new sports and entertainment district and see what I see: the potential for something very special. I couldn't be more excited and proud to bring this vision to life." Development of new, mixed-use neighborhoods in the district will occur concurrently with construction of the arena. Groundbreaking is scheduled for this fall. "We've done business in Detroit for nearly 50 years, and this is our most significant and ambitious project here yet," said Christopher Ilitch, president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings Inc. "Our great city is home to some of the world's most legendary people, teams and venues in sports and entertainment. Detroit deserves no less than the best: a world-class sports and entertainment district we can all be proud of. And that's exactly what we will build." The Red Wings open the 2014-15 NHL season Oct. 9 at home against the Boston Bruins . For information, including the press release and project renderings, CLICK HERE .

Red Wings Retired Numbers - DetroitHockey.Net Red Wings Retired Numbers Gordie Howe#9 Other Retired Numbers The following numbers have been retired from use but are not honored with banners hanging at Joe Louis Arena: Larry Aurie#6 Vladimir Konstantinov#16 Wayne Gretzky#99 Larry Aurie's #6 was retired by former Red Wings owner James Norris following the 1938-39 season. Current owner Mike Ilitch refuses to recognize this, going as far as to have it unlisted as a retired number in the 2000-01 NHL Guide and Record Book. Despite this, the number is kept out of circulation. Vladimir Konstantiov's #16 has been kept out of use since a career-ending automobile accident in 1997. Wayne Gretzky never played for Detroit. His number was retired league-wide following his retirement as a player. Joe Louis Arena | Olympia Entertainment Joe Louis Arena Entrance Joe Louis Arena Home of the 11-time Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings, Joe Louis Arena proudly stands along the banks of the Detroit River.

The 20,058-seat arena opened its doors in 1979 and regularly hosts exciting attractions, including professional sports, college hockey, concerts, ice shows, circuses and much more. ADA Information The disabled entrance is located on Steve Yzerman Drive, just around the corner from the stairs that face Jefferson. There is a sign that says “handicapped entrance” and is directly across from the Riverfront Executive parking lot. Disabled parking spots are located in the Joe Louis Arena parking garage and in our Riverfront Executive Lot. To purchase accessible seating please call 313-471-7929. Special Event Contacts Click here for additional information regarding hosting a special event at Joe Louis Arena or call 313-471-3333 to speak with a representative. Contact Joe Louis Arena Policies Doors for seating open 60 minutes prior to scheduled event time. WILL CALL Tickets are available at the box office two hours prior to the event. Individuals must present the actual credit card, a picture ID and the confirmation number. The Will Call window is located at the box office on the street level on the W. Jefferson side of the building.

REFUND POLICY There are no refunds on event and Red Wings tickets. All sales are final. Playoff ticket refunds will be issued for any un-played games in the postseason. These refunds will be issued in the form of a check refund or a credit towards next year’s season tickets. SMOKING is prohibited inside Joe Louis Arena. Two designated smoking areas are roped off outside the east and west gates of the arena. You will need your ticket stub for re-admittance. CAMERAS with detachable lenses under 80MM are allowed into Joe Louis Arena on game days. NO video recorders or flash photography is allowed. Cameras with detachable lenses that extend over 80MM are prohibited. Camera policies vary for events such as concerts and other shows. GUEST RELATIONS Our Information Booth is located on the concourse level behind section 101. LOST OR STOLEN TICKETS With the high value of tickets, we recommend they be treated like cash and kept in a secure place. If, despite your best effort to protect them, your tickets are stolen, replacements will be produced only after an official police report is received by the Joe Louis Arena box office.

PROHIBITED ITEMS at Joe Louis Arena include, but are not limited to, bottles, cans, liquid containers, coolers, outside food and beverages, weapons of any kind, laser light pointers, flagpoles, air horns, and umbrellas. To ensure the safety of all fans, any carry-in parcels may be checked by Joe Louis Arena Security or prohibited items. Click here to review venue policies for all Detroit Red Wings home games. Events at Joe Louis Arena

Question: The Red Wings play in the National Hockey League at the Joe Louis Arena in which city?
Answer: DETROIT